Truman campaigning in California
President Harry S. Truman (right) campaigns from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Burbank, California. The other man is unidentified. From: Robert Godwin.
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Truman with James Roosevelt in California
President Harry S. Truman (left), on the campaign trail, speaks with James Roosevelt (right) from the back of a train at a whistlestop in Burbank, California. From: Robert Godwin.
Truman, Robert L. Sweeney and others in the private car of the Ferdinand Magellan
President Harry S. Truman meets with Robert L. Sweeney, a friend of the President and the first Black supervisor in the Kansas City, Missouri Post Office, and others in his private car aboard the Ferdinand Magellan, the Presidential train. This photo was taken sometime after President Truman gave a campaign speech in Des Moines, Iowa. Left to right are: Press Secretary Charles Ross; leader and chief strategist of the Citizens Committee to Reelect Truman, Anna Hedgeman; Missouri State Representative J. McKinley Neal; Robert L. Sweeney; Lewis M. Clymer; and President Truman.
Truman peers into a 75mm field gun at New York's Idlewild Airport
President Harry S. Truman stoops and peers into one of the Battery of 75mm guns which had saluted him on his arrival for the dedication of Idlewild International Airport, New York City. He is looking into a 75mm field gun mounted on a M2A3 high speed carriage. From: Bill Sitler, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Truman and others at the Idlewild Airport, New York City
President Harry S. Truman stands on the speakers' platform during opening ceremonies at the dedication of the Idlewild Airport, New York City. On speakers platform, from left to right are: unidentified, General Omar Bradley, press secretary Charles Ross, General Robert Landry, President Truman, New York City Mayor William O'Dwyer, Grover A. Whalen, Chairman of the Mayor's Committee for the Commemoration of the Golden Anniversary of the City of New York, unidentified, unidentified, and Governor of New York and Republican candidate for President Thomas E. Dewey. The others are unidentified.
President Truman with Governor Dewey at dedication of the Idlewild Airport
President Harry S. Truman (center, left) shakes hands with New York Governor Thomas E. Dewey (center, right) as they meet for the first time since nominated by their respective parties for the Presidency. They attended the dedication of the Idlewild Airport in New York City, the largest in the world at that time. On the left is Grover A. Whalen, Chairman of the Mayor's Committee for the Commemoration of the Golden Anniversary of the City of New York. Second from the right is New York Mayor William O'Dwyer. The others are unidentified.
President Truman and Russ Stewart in Chicago, Illinois
President Harry S. Truman (right), accompanied by Russ Stewart of the Chicago Sun-Times, carries his luggage on the way to the campaign train. The date is not known. From: Mrs. John Stewart.
Chicago Sun-Times front page showing President Truman holding the Chicago Tribune with "Dewey Defeats Truman" headlines
Copy of Chicago Daily Sun-Times front page showing photo of President Harry S. Truman on the rear platform of a train in St. Louis, Missouri, holding a Chicago Tribune newspaper with headlines "Dewey Defeats Truman." A line at the bottom states: "The President: 'That's one for the books.'" From: Mrs. John Stewart.
Funeral of Sam Rayburn, with Truman, Eisenhower, and Kennedy
Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and John F. Kennedy at the funeral of Sam Rayburn in Bonham, Texas. The photo is autographed by each person. (The autographs are not original, but photographic copy). From Margaret Truman Daniel, 10-83.
Truman with Acheson and Marshall
President Harry S. Truman (center) with Secretary of State Dean Acheson (left), and Secretary of Defense George C. Marshall (right). President Truman has just arrived back to Washington D. C. from Independence, Missouri.